ELECTRICITY FOR LIGHTING
2011 2001 Figure 24: Electricity for lighting
3.4.1.3.2. ENERGY BACKLOGS
The municipality has considerably reduced electricity backlog in its area of jurisdiction. The households in uMzimkhulu have experienced a significant improvement in the use of electricity as the number of households having access to electricity increased from 31% in 2001 to 64.5% in 2011.
The municipality is however striving to achieve the following:
Electrification of all areas in UMzimkhulu;
Upgrading of existing electricity in all electrified areas;
Establishment of local ESKOM / electricity offices, a power station and its substations
3.4.1.3.3. ELECTRICITY SECTOR PLAN
The municipality has developed an Electricity Sector Plan that addresses the objectives set out in the IDP as follows:
Forming linkages with Eskom in implementing plan This plan serves as a means to communicate the priorities of the municipality and its people to Eskom:
Provision of access to make job creation possible Universal access to electricity by 2017, will improve job creation possibilities. Access to electricity also gives UMzimkhulu access to digital and communications world, which the municipality is expected to improve both educational and job creation opportunities:
Improve local economic development Upgrading of existing electricity in all areas;
Acquiring a distribution license, establish local authority offices, a power station and its substations.
ESKOM highlighted the following as the municipal electricity challenges:
Mobilizing Resources;
Integrating IDP with Eskom Plans;
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Government Special Programmes;
Feedback to Local Municipality’s DORA Section 23
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Map 18: Electricity services
P a g e - 180 - | 414 3.4.1.4. WASTE MANAGEMENT
3.4.1.4.1. STATUS OF SOLID WASTE & BACKLOGS UMzimkhulu local municipality is conducting waste collection services to the 7 699 households (i.e. 15.8 %) and including urban and rural areas in financial year 13/14.
The overall Backlog is 84.2 % including both rural and urban settlements.
This service is currently only offered in the following areas including CBD, Ibisi, Skoonplaas, White city, Majalidini, Extension 6 and 8, Nyenyezi; and Imbizweni.
In 2008, the municipality purchased a refuse collection truck, which is now operational. In addition, tractors with tipper trailer augment this service at least once a week.
Plastic bags are provided for the refuse collection. The refuse bins have been obtained for the CBD area during year 2008. The table below illustrates the municipal waste management and refuse collection schedule.
DESIGNATION AREA
TARGET CURRENT COLLECTION VEHICLE
COLLECTION SCHEDULE 1 Clydesdale
Clinic
1 1 Truck Thur
DESIGNATION AREA
TARGET CURRENT COLLECTION VEHICLE
COLLECTION SCHEDULE 2 Clydesdale
Hospital
1 1 Truck Thur
3 Clydesdale Ext.
685 685 Truck Thur
4 Correctional Services (Prison)
1 1 Truck Tue
5 Correctional Services (Residence)
1 1 Truck Fri
6 D.R.C JSS 1 1 Truck Mon & Fri
7 D.R.C.SSS 1 1 Truck Fri
8 Depart. Of Education (College)
1 1 Truck Wed
9 Ext 6 Township
668 668 Truck Tue & Fri
10 Ext 8township
56 56 Truck Mon & Fri
11 Furtech Wood Cluster
1 1 Truck Wed
12 Ibisi Ext 666 666 Truck Thur
13 Ibisi Police Station
1 1 Truck Mon & Thur
14 Ibisi Township
307 307 Truck Mon & Thur
15 Majardin Township
118 118 Truck Mon & Fri
16 Mbizweni Hospital
1 1 Truck Tue
17 Mbizweni Residence
51 51 Truck Tue
18 Nyenyezi Township
51 51 Truck Tue
Table 28: ULM Refuse Disposal
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DESIGNATION AREA
TARGET CURRENT COLLECTION VEHICLE
COLLECTION SCHEDULE 19 Public
Works(Dot)
1 1 Truck Tue
20 Sisulu Township
299 299 Truck Wed
21 Skoonplaas Township
49 49 Truck Wed
22 uMzimkhulu JSS
1 1 Truck Mon & Fri
23 uMzimkhulu Police Station
1 1 Truck Mon & Fri
24 Vumazonke JS School
1 1 Truck Wed
25 White City Township
170 170 Truck Mon & Fri
26 Riverside 970 970 Truck Wed
27 CBD 275 275 Tractor Daily
28 Ntsikeni Location
1000 1000 Truck Wed
29 Clydesdale Location
620 620 Truck Thur
30 Rietvlei Location
350 350 Truck Thur
31 Boarder Location
330 330 Truck Thur
32 Kokshill 1020 1020 Truck Thur
32 uMzimkhulu Mall
1 1 Truck Daily
33 Total 7699 7700
3.4.1.4.2. INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
The municipality is currently developing the IWMP. The final contents of this report will be incorporated into the IDP.
However, the following table highlights what the municipality is doing in addressing waste management issues.
Resource Quantity Activities Collecting schedule Refuse
compactor truck
2 Collect waste in 33 points According to schedule
Massey Fergusson tractor
4 Haul waste skips, Transport working equipment’s
Daily
Waste Skips
26 Serves as temporal storage of waste in town and business owners renting the skips
Daily
Skips trailers
2 Haul waste skips Brush
cutter
33 Grass cutting, maintain parks, gardens, verges, Sports field, public facilities tec.
According to schedule
Mobile lawn mower
1 Brush Turf ground Twice a week Refuse bins 243 Public use Daily
Table 29: ULM efforts in Waste Management
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Currently uMzimkhulu municipality does not have its own dumping site. It uses a dumpsite, which is situated on the North West side of uMzimkhulu town approximately five (5) kilometres along the road P601. This dumping site is shared by uMzimkhulu and Ubuhlebezwe Municipalities and it is unlicensed. A service provider maintains this dumpsite on a twelve-month fixed term-contract. The Municipality budgets approximately R1m annually towards waste management and street cleaning.
The infrastructure department of the municipality hired a contractor to identify a landfill that was completed and a Business Plan was submitted to COGTA to secure funding to establish a landfill site.
As soon as the funding
is secured, the municipality will be responsible for design, project management and institutional implementation. The municipality will engage relevant consultants through its supply chain management process to design and undertake the implementation of the landfill. Furthermore, the municipality will be responsible for ongoing maintenance. In
addition the following institutional arrangements are in place:
Infrastructure development forum (chaired by UMzimkhulu Municipal Manager, which includes all technical managers of Sisonke, DOT and DEAARD- will advise key departments of the development process and facilitate necessary approvals and;
Rural Roads Transport Forum that deals with all roads and transport issues within UMzimkhulu and will accordingly assist and advise on necessary developments and approvals on the essential access roads to the landfill;
3.4.1.5. HUMAN SETTLEMENTS36
3.4.1.5.1. EXISTING HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, NODES AND TOWNS
According to the Municipal Housing Sector Plan, all areas within the municipality requires housing which varies in its form from low cost, rural and middle income housing. The UMzimkhulu, Clydesdale and Skoonplaas housing projects are located within the UMzimkhulu primary corridor where there are retail activities and bulk infrastructure. The Mvubukazi and Emfulamuhle are rural projects at the periphery of UMzimkhulu corridor. The Ibisi and Riverside projects are located within the secondary corridors in terms
36 ULM IDP 2015/16 Figure 25: ULM Waste Vehicle
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spatial location of the projects in the municipal area.
3.4.1.5.2. EXISTING AND PLANNED HOUSING PROJECTS
Irrespective of the challenges faced in addressing housing issues, the Municipality with the assistance from The Department of Human Settlement and Department of Social Development has made considerable achievements. The following are the housing projects in different wards:
A. CURRENT PROJECTS RIVERSIDE PHASE 1
The Provincial Department of Human Settlements is currently implementing this project. It was decided that the old defective structures should be demolished, as they did not meet the National Housing and Building Regulation Council Regulations. The project is currently at foundation phase. Approximately, 470 sites were initially approved before the project was blocked. On unblocking the project, 208 beneficiaries could not be traced. As a result, thereof these sites were deregistered and subsequently registered to new beneficiaries. As the project stand, there are 262 registered sites, with 184 sites awaiting approval, while 24 sites are still unregistered.
OPERATION SUKUMA SAKHE HOUSING PROJECT This project was identified by the Department of Social Development to provide housing for families who live in houses that the extent of defect be classified as life risk.
There is no fixed number of units planned, as the identification of these families is ongoing. A show house has been built at Lourdes. Villages in Ward 6 and 9 have been identified, these include amongst others, Mvubukazi, Chancele, Mambulwini, Ndzelu and Mahawini.
B. PLANNED PROJECTS RIVERSIDE PHASE 2
This project is at an advanced planning phase. It is one on f the projects that were transferred from the Eastern Cape currently implemented by the Provincial Department of Human Settlements. The project commence in the 2012/13 financial year. The following activity is delaying the implementation of this project:
The finalization of the Land Transfer from the Department of Land Reform and Agriculture
IBISI
This project is also at an advanced project-planning phase. It is made up of 636 of which 560 units had been constructed. These now constitute the list of defective projects that are subject to rectification.
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The original project was made up of a total of 900 subsidies. This project has encountered a number of problems. First, the NHBRC declared the units structurally unsound for human habitation. Second, the allocated sites have been evaded. Consequently, the initial beneficiaries have to be deregistered and then reallocated new sites. Third, the bulk services were not installed. Finally, the disputed ownership of land between the state and the community of Clydesdale and the state has finally been resolved with the ownership transferred to the municipality.
UMZIMKHULU EXTENSION 5&6
The project is made up of a total of 709 units of which 705 beneficiaries had already been approved. Similar to the other projects that were developed through the People’s Housing Process these units were all found to be structurally defective by the NHRBC. Secondly, there have been encroachments on the sites, which required re-surveying of the sites. The community has conceded to the rectification process that is scheduled to commence in the next financial year.
UMZIMKHULU EXTENSION 9&10 – SLUMS CLEARANCE
This is a slums clearance project made up of 100 units.
The project is to be implemented using the funds that were transferred from the Eastern Cape in 2007.
C. FUTURE PROJECTS
UMZIMKHULU VILLAGES
This project constitutes 1850 units that make up rural housing in uMzimkhulu Municipality. The scheduling of these projects is largely informed by the estimated period for the release of land and supply of bulk water. The water schemes have already been constructed in some of the villages.
However, the land for the project area is vested to the Department of Rural Development.
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Map 19: Housing Projects
P a g e - 186 - | 414 3.4.1.6. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
3.4.1.6.1. CURRENT STATUS & BACKLOGS
Majority of the households in uMzimkhulu have access to communication as approximately 82% have access to cellphone communication. 2% have landline, 10% can communicate on mail box and approximately 2% of the households can be contacted through residence address.
With advancement in technology, it can be deduced that majority of the households in uMzimkhulu can communicate to the outside world. The following figure explains:
In terms of access to internet, majority of households (82.30%) do not have access to the internet while 12.40%
access the internet through their cellphones, 3.10% from elsewhere, 1.10% from home and only 1% from work. The following figure illustrates:
86%
2%
10% 2%